I work at Borch's Sporting Goods in Marshall Minnesota, as a screenprinter.....and for the first time I have had them build me a store for my shirts to be ordered and printed through them...will be fun to see how this all works out.

The design has taken some changes as time has gone, but it is now ready as "Minnesota Parks" and hope it gets shared and enjoyed. Spring time is a great time to get out and enjoy the parks around us.

Have lots of memory at the MN parks, been great hikes the kinds will never forget. The long days of camping, cooking, hiking and me taking crazy pictures of everything. So hope this design brings up great memory's for you.

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]]>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 03:16:25 GMThttp://www.northofthepines.com/blog/snow-rain-dayThe Catalog is getting organized, thing I have the base set up now just have to fill it up....

Visited an old project...and the work in progress...got that page looking well check it out and enjoy. ArtRage is a great program. Does a great job of intimating traditional media.

We have gone form snow storms to rain and floods. Ok so lots happening. Am excited about some of the options this site is going to give me...and the family. Some of the hopes for the website include...Homesteading, Photography, Website hosting maybe, Logo branding services, members private merch....not sure about that word merch...but I can have pages only for members...or member....so may ways this site can go.

For now, Farm is thawing out....am guessing will have some flooding into the barn...so will have to address that. The Chickens have enjoyed the warmer weather. Last year with the spring high water we had a mink attack. Hoping to not have one this year. A fox has been seen in the area, so far no problems.

I would like to set up a Art Share....with restaurants, kind of a art swap thing...will have to thing on that more...

Thinking of having a Art Gallery, Photo Gallery page that would showcase finished works that would have links to details...like work in progress pages, and to there place in the catalog.

Podcast have become a pass time for me as I drive to wrok...have a hour and has been fun...current one has been...

That is...stay tune more to come...just a lot to learn and org right now.

]]>Sat, 23 Feb 2019 03:37:02 GMThttp://www.northofthepines.com/blog/my-workstationMy workstation has change from time to time....I enjoy it being close to the living room so I can jump on when we are watching movies. I have a windows 10 laptop, main workhorse, a windows vista desktop...and an Introus 3 wacom tablet...is works good for me right know. Oh yeah and coffee....that helps...

]]>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:39:54 GMThttp://www.northofthepines.com/blog/snow-days-and-the-need-for-northofthepines​Ok....this is the year of snow days...

This site feels right...I have be doing POD(Print on demand) sites for many years...have sold some stuff...but need to grow it...or stop doing it...

The creative side of me won't stop....can stay away for a bit...but get to a point need to do it. You can see this in the jobs I have kept. Pizza - Screenprinting / Embroidery then to Pizza, and Sign making...then food....then Embroidery....and now Screenprinting...and am driving 2 hours a day to do it....so yeah...this is me...

So I must grow it...but for years I have gone by tsarts- tsdasharts- tsartswashington was created just before coming back to Minnesota...

My family is getting older, and we are on a farm now.....and chickens, goats, horse, yeah...a change but good...so need a new name...one that works for us all...will still do tsarts stuff....but now a new brand is born...

north of the pines

They are like a light house to us....tell us which farm tree island is ours...our guide home. My kids started there lives in my life...my schools...my town...Northfield...and then got to see Washington and spend some time growing up....and we saw many ways God was good to us there...and know we are where my wife grow up...they are in her school...and we go to the church she went, and the one we married in...lots has happen in 20 years...and the story goes on.